HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A 40-year-old Nickerson man managed to get his bond lowered when he appeared before a judge on a charge of aggravated battery.

John Schwab is alleged to have choked his 17-year-old son after he lied about getting into a locked cabinet containing food.

The son told Reno County Sheriff’s Deputies that he thought he was going to pass out.

Schwab will be back in court on the charge next week.